Traveller's Tree

[bubba]

This is a specimen that has virtually naturalized in our area of South Florida. Some like them leafy but I like them tall and cut out to look like Palms:

Add yours!

[Just1MorePalm]

Always an eye catcher...Although, you don't see big ones around here very often...I know they are around...just not too many of them...6 years in the ground...They grow fast...

[Walter John]

I don't usually care for these guys although I liked this stand up at Woodgate and so I snapped a pic. Glad there was a thread to post it. Notice they are shading the shade house in the yard at back. This place had some great palms too, coconuts, carpies, archos etc, as you can see.

[paulgila]

those are all nice ones! i didnt used to like em much either but you can get used to em

[Kumar]

These are very uncommon here and attract quite a few stares. To add to the confusion, its close relative, the banana is commonly grown - so many people think the traveller's palm is some sci-fi cross between a banana and a borassus!

I planted one of these on Thursday. It won't exactly be a show stopper next to my wall but that was one of the few sunny spots left (thanks to my mango trees which create a perpetual shade beneath)

Before and After images (the tall sapling obstructing the photo in front is a jamun (Syzygium cumini))

Edited June 4, 2010 by Kumar83

[bubba]

Kumar, I can definitely see how the Traveller's would appear other worldly if not seen often. It does seem to incorporate a little sci-fy!

[epicure3]

Those are nice, Bubba. Some around here but not too many. The people that I know that have them all thought they were growing giant BOP.

[Eric in Orlando]

a perfect double specimen at Sea World's Discovery Cove

[rozpalm]

That's a really nice clump bubba.

Anyone growing the South American Travelers Palm (Phenakospermum guyanense)? I have a small one that made it through the winter and is now recovering.

[Tyrone]

These are very uncommon here and attract quite a few stares. To add to the confusion, its close relative, the banana is commonly grown - so many people think the traveller's palm is some sci-fi cross between a banana and a borassus!

I planted one of these on Thursday. It won't exactly be a show stopper next to my wall but that was one of the few sunny spots left (thanks to my mango trees which create a perpetual shade beneath)

Before and After images (the tall sapling obstructing the photo in front is a jamun (Syzygium cumini))

I didn't know you got Syzygiums in India. By the way, that Travellers palm is quite close to your wall. They can get a big but on them once they trunk.

There is also a red version just released from Madagascar called Ravenala sp Honkandambo.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Kumar]

I didn't know you got Syzygiums in India. By the way, that Travellers palm is quite close to your wall. They can get a big but on them once they trunk.

There is also a red version just released from Madagascar called Ravenala sp Honkandambo.

Best regards

Tyrone

Oye Tyrone!! S. cumini is native to the subcontinent!

About the traveller's palm - yes, I agree - but the better spots have been 'reserved' for my palms present and future, and i thought being a 2-D plant, it could fit into that parallel gap near the wall.

[cagary]

That's a really nice clump bubba.

Anyone growing the South American Travelers Palm (Phenakospermum guyanense)? I have a small one that made it through the winter and is now recovering.

I ordered one from Tropiclab in Suriname, but they cut all the leaves and roots off the poor thing so it died shortly after arrival. Where did you get yours?

[Kailua_Krish]

These are very uncommon here and attract quite a few stares. To add to the confusion, its close relative, the banana is commonly grown - so many people think the traveller's palm is some sci-fi cross between a banana and a borassus!

I planted one of these on Thursday. It won't exactly be a show stopper next to my wall but that was one of the few sunny spots left (thanks to my mango trees which create a perpetual shade beneath)

Before and After images (the tall sapling obstructing the photo in front is a jamun (Syzygium cumini))

No photos but I planted several of these along a wall at my Tata's place in Hyderabad. The funny thing is that they were partially shaded by a mango tree too! Guess that isnt that uncommon in India They didnt seem that rare there as most nurseries had them.

-Krishna

[DoomsDave]

Kumar!

You are in Ravenala HEAVEN.

Plant them, watch us northern (and far southern) people SWOON!

[peachy]

Mine has been in the ground for 12 years now, every hard frost sets it back by 18 months. It has 2 trunks and a third clump is forming. I was told, after it was too late to remove them, that they perform better if kept as a single specimen. I saw the red ones advertised too and was tempted to try one, but just when they start looking nice, the wind comes up and tatters the leaves, so I am staying with just the one plant.

Peachy

[Tyrone]

I didn't know you got Syzygiums in India. By the way, that Travellers palm is quite close to your wall. They can get a big but on them once they trunk.

There is also a red version just released from Madagascar called Ravenala sp Honkandambo.

Best regards

Tyrone

Oye Tyrone!! S. cumini is native to the subcontinent!

About the traveller's palm - yes, I agree - but the better spots have been 'reserved' for my palms present and future, and i thought being a 2-D plant, it could fit into that parallel gap near the wall.

Well you learn something every day. Many Syzygiums are of Australian origin. I wonder if any are on Madagascar. When Africa, India, and Australia were connected we probably shared similar flora. Australia shares Calamus with India and SE Asia too, and probably countless other genera.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Kumar]

Dave, i place you on my six-monthly ravenala update, hopefully it full put on some speed so there is something to update.

Tyrone, it is no doubt a coincidence but the S. cumini (we call them jamun) season is peaking and there are heaps of them in the markets all set to stain your teeth violet (and anything else they can get squashed on). The crows love it and in two months, most gardens and lawns will be full of volunteer seedlings. Interestingly, madagascar split from india about 100 mya and palms have evolved in the last 85-95 mya.